Europe stocks off on U.S. election, Greece jitters

MADRID (MarketWatch) -- European stock markets opened lower on Monday, with markets fretting about a tight U.S. election race looming this week, while a Greek voe on structural reforms also weighing on sentiment. Analysts also noted some mixed China data. The Stoxx Europe 600 index
SXXP, -0.64%
fell 0.4% to 273.72, led by banks and resource stocks. Shares of PostNL NV
PNL, -0.43%
fell over 5% after the postal group posted an 81% drop in third-quarter operating profit. Weir Group PLC
WEIR, -0.64%
rose over 4% after the engineering group said it expects double-digit profit growth in 2012. The German DAX 30 index fell
DAX, -0.99%
0.6% to 7,319.93, the French CAC 40 index
PX1, -0.98%
lost 0.6% to 3,469.56 and the FTSE 100 index
UKX, -1.72%
fell 0.5% to 5,841.44. The Spain IBEX 35 index
IBEX, -0.07%
lost 1% to 7,885.80.

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